| Port Melbourne | ||
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| Names | ||
| Full name | Port Melbourne Football Club | |
| Nickname(s) | Borough, Port | |
| 2024 season | ||
| Home-and-away season | VFL 16th
VFLW 6th VBFL 2nd | |
| Club details | ||
| Founded | 1874 | |
| Colours | Blue Red | |
| Competition | VFL: Senior men VFLW: Senior women VBFL: Blind (mixed) | |
| President | Michael Shulman | |
| CEO | Sophie Williams | |
| Coach | Brendan McCartney | |
| Captain(s) | Harvey Hooper | |
| Premierships | VFA/VFL (Div 1) (17) VFLW (1) | |
| Ground(s) | North Port Oval (10,000) | |
| Uniforms | ||
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| Other information | ||
| Official website | portmelbournefc.com.au | |
The Port Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed the Borough, is an Australian rules football club based in the inner-Melbourne suburb of Port Melbourne. The club was founded in 1874 and has been competing in the Victorian Football Association/League (VFL) since 1886 and the VFLW since 2021.
The 'Borough' is one of the true pioneers of Australian Rules Football and pre-dates two-thirds of the current AFL clubs in the competition today. For most of its 150-year history the club have played at the same historic North Port Oval, wearing the same vertical red and blue stripes in front of their legendary passionate and colourful supporters.
Port Melbourne is the most successful club in the VFA/VFL, having won 17 senior men's division 1 premierships three more than its nearest rival Williamstown. It has also won one VFL Women's premiership.
Port Melbourne is also the only VFA/VFL club never to have been relegated to the second division when the VFA had both first and second divisions. The club has maintained an independent and stand-alone status, without being in a formal reserves affiliation with a club from the Australian Football League (AFL) for all but five years of its history.
Consequently, Port Melbourne is considered one of the strongest Victorian-based football clubs that does not compete in the AFL. The club has had a women's team in the VFL Women's (VFLW) competition since 2021, and in the past it has fielded premiership-winning teams in the now-defunct VFL reserves competition. In 2024, the club fielded its first team in the Victorian Blind Football League (VBFL).